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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,118.62 +63.97 NZSX 50
6,823.8 +45.90 DJIA
17,920.71 +12.43 Nikkei
16,911.05 +529.83 NASDAQ
4,946.53 -0.89 FTSE
6,365.10 +2.21 S&P 500
2,082.70 +0.28 Hang Seng
21,337.81 +179.10 SPI 200 Fut
5,106.00 +15.00 STI
2,913.93 +23.52 SSEC
3,082.54 +15.90 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.538 -0.002 US 10 YR Bond
1.787 +0.025 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.870 -0.020 US 30 YR Bond
2.601 +0.024 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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0.7699 0.7653 NZD US$
0.6854 0.6833 EUR US$
1.1265 1.1263 Yen US$
109.24 109.44 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,233.85
Silver (Lon)
16.15 Gold (NY)
1,242.76
Light Crude
41.37 TRJCRB Index
174.77 -0.88 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street was little changed on Thursday after two days of solid gains as investors digested the latest round of big bank earnings.
On Thursday afternoon, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 6.44 points, or 0.04 percent, to 17,914.72, the S&P 500 .SPX had lost 0.26 points, or 0.01 percent, to 2,082.16 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC had dropped 6.00 points, or 0.12 percent, to 4,941.42.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed flat on Thursday, underperforming its European peers following a fall in housebuilders and fashion firm Burberry BRBY.L .
The FTSE 100 index was flat in percentage terms, closing at 6,365.10 points, underperforming the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 which closed 0.3 percent higher.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei soared to more than a two-week high on Thursday, as a weaker yen lifted sentiment and eased concerns about exporters' earnings.
The Nikkei share average .N225 rose 3.2 percent to 16,911.05, the highest closing level since March 29.
The broader Topix .TOPX climbed 2.9 percent to 1,371.35, with all of its 33 subindexes in positive territory. Trading volume was high, with 2.5 billion shares changing hands.
The JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 advanced 3.1 percent to 12,403.09.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose on Thursday, having posted its biggest one-day gain in over a month a day before, as improved risk sentiment led investors to trim positions in low-yielding currencies like the yen and the euro.
The dollar index tracking the unit against a basket of six major currencies was up 0.2 percent at 94.911 .DXY , after rallying nearly 1 percent on Wednesday.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. benchmark Treasury debt yields rose to two-week highs on Thursday, in line with gains in crude oil futures and global stock prices ahead of an afternoon sale of 30-year government bonds.
In late morning trading, U.S. 10-year Treasuries US10YT=RR were last down 6/32 in price to yield 1.78 percent.
Shorter-dated maturities edged down with two-year Treasury notes flat to yield 0.762 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell more than 1 percent on Thursday, as the dollar rose for the third day and world stocks climbed to 2016 highs, with uncertainty over the outlook for U.S. monetary policy this year adding to volatility.
Spot gold XAU= was down 1.3 percent at $1,226.06 an ounce at 2:32 p.m. EDT. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for June delivery settled down 1.7 percent at $1,226.50.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc prices fell back on Thursday after strong gains in the two previous sessions, as some investors locked in profits ahead of key Chinese economic data.
Three-month zinc CMZN3 closed down 1.1 percent at $1,866 a tonne after touching an eight-month peak of $1,900 on Wednesday.
Copper CMCU3 also ended barely changed, adding $1 to $4,831 a tonne, after gaining 1.4 percent in the previous session and striking its highest since April 1 at $4,855.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil markets closed lower after a choppy session on Thursday as the market processed a mixed report from the International Energy Agency and skepticism that an upcoming meeting of major producers would do much to tighten the supply demand balance.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled down 34 cents at $43.84 a barrel while U.S. crude CLc1 ended the session down 26 cents at $41.50.
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